Having your partner’s ex around seems generally not an ideal arrangement, but it’s sometimes necessary when there are shared kids. But some folks, as it turns out, don’t have the slightest idea where normal, acceptable boundaries should stand.
A woman asked the internet if she was wrong to refuse her husband’s ex-wife’s demands that she babysit her kids. We got in touch with licensed marriage and family therapist Dr. Maritza Mikolich, PsyD, and licensed marriage and family therapist, clinical art therapist, relationship therapist, and founder of Solstice Therapy, Rachel Del Dosso, who kindly agreed to share her thoughts on this conundrum.
